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# Tevijjasutta 18.1

Tevijjasutta 18.1

- **Language:** Pāli

### [18.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.13.18.1)

“Iti kira, vāseṭṭha, yaṃ passanti tevijjā brāhmaṇā candimasūriye, aññe cāpi bahujanā, yato ca candimasūriyā uggacchanti, yattha ca ogacchanti, āyācanti thomayanti pañjalikā namassamānā anuparivattanti, tesampi nappahonti candimasūriyānaṃ sahabyatāya maggaṃ desetuṃ:

> “So it seems that even though the brahmins proficient in the three Vedas see the sun and moon, they are not able to teach the path to the company of the sun and moon.  
> — Experts in the Three Vedas

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## Translations (5)

- [Tri znanja](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.13~sr-brankokovacevic.18.1) — sr
- [Experts in the Three Vedas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.13~en-sujato.18.1) — English
- [In den drei Veden bewandert](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.13~de-sabbamitta.18.1) — German
- [On Knowledge of the Vedas (Tevigga-suttanta)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.13~en-rhysdavids1881.1.18) — English
- [Tevijja Sutta (Dialogues of the Buddha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.13~en-rhysdavids.1.18) — English

## Linked texts (1)

- [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.26.28) — Classical Chinese

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